Swimmer's Daily

  • Xu Jiayu has been around for a WHILE in the world of backstroke, he swam at his first Olympics back in 2012 and won his first world title in 2017. Now not ONLY is Xu still able to rank among the FASTEST backstrokers in the world but he also just went a new personal best in the 50 backstroke during the 2026 Chinese national swimming championships. But how fast did Xu Jiayu just swim? How much time did he drop? And what technical change did he make to go so much faster at age 30?

  • For decades, elite athletes were told that “lighter is faster,” but this mindset often came at a significant cost to athletes’ health.
    In this video, we explore the shift from the weight-focused early 2000s to the modern era of high-carbohydrate fuelling and a growing emphasis on performance longevity.

    We hear honest accounts from professional athletes about the risks of underfuelling and how approaches to nutrition in endurance sport have evolved over time.

  • Italy had a gold state of mind back at Roma 2022, dominating in front of a home crowd

  • Sam Short put the world record on notice as he surged to victory in the men’s 400m freestyle final at the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney Olympic Park.

  • The “Father of NIL,” Grant House returned to Social kick to chat about the landmark House v. NCAA case and how Grant completely changed the landscape of college sports. But he’s not stopping there. Grant is now focused on educating athletes, speaking at universities across the country, and developing his own performance consulting business.

    We discuss the evolving world of NIL, exploring what brands are actually looking for from Olympic athletes and how swimmers can better monetize their careers. Grant shares his experience attending Athlete Con in Las Vegas and the surprising truth about how many brands and athletes still don’t fully understand the NIL landscape.

    But it’s not all business—we also tackle some hot topics! Grant gives his unfiltered take on the highly controversial Enhanced Games, discussing why athletes deserve fair compensation and why the swimming community needs to stop shutting down new opportunities. We also debate the ethics of sports betting, propose a new “World Record Lottery” system to pay swimmers millions, and discuss the optimal temperature for a sauna recovery session.

  • In the latest development with the memorial reflecting pool videos are surfacing showing what appears to be large sections of the interior surface peeling away. This large sheet delamination is being cited as potentially caused by the addition of the hydrogen peroxide to the water. While this is possible, in my experience with polymer and elastomeric interior surfaces for aquatic structures this looks much more like a delamination due to adhesion failure between the interior surface and the substrate. Both improper surface preparation but also the presence of negative hydrostatic pressure could both cause a failure that looks like what we are seeing now. If this is the case time will tell as a failure like that would be likely to continue to spread as water accesses the underside of the surface lining the reflecting pool.

  • In this video we breakdown how to improve your freestyle speed with your current training set up.

  • Come along for a Saturday training session with Coach Bob Bowman and the University of Texas swim team.

    In this vlog, you’ll get an inside look at a typical weekend workout, what training looks like at one of the top swim programs in the world, and how we prepare for competition.

    Whether you’re a swimmer, coach, or just curious about what goes into training at Texas, I hope this gives you a better look behind the scenes.

  • Night two at the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis brought dominant swims and a meet record. Watch all the finals in five minutes.